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EP 1 731 439 A3 |
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EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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Date of publication A3: |
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18.03.2009 Bulletin 2009/12 |
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Date of publication A2: |
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13.12.2006 Bulletin 2006/50 |
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Date of filing: 27.10.1995 |
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International Patent Classification (IPC):
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AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE |
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Priority: |
09.08.1995 US 501900
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Application number of the earlier application in accordance with Art. 76 EPC: |
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02008036.2 / 1231155 |
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95938917.2 / 0843636 |
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Applicant: Yeager, James Worth |
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Mobile, AL 36608 (US) |
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Inventor: |
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- Yeager, James Worth
Mobile, AL 36608 (US)
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Representative: Philipp, Matthias |
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Forrester & Boehmert
Pettenkoferstrasse 20-22
80336 München
80336 München (DE) |
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(57) A bag has a reclosable fastener (26) connected to one wall, and is made from a film
(55) which has a reclosable fastener (26) connected to one side of it. Attachment
of the fastener to any other portion of the film (55) when making a bag is not required.
The fastener (26) includes a tamper-proof member to indicate whether the bag has been
previously opened. The film (55) ca be wound into a roll (54) for use on conventional
bag making machines including form, fill, and seal machines, or a chain of coilable
reclosable bags can be produced since the fasteners (26) are connected to the web
transversely to the longitudinal formation axis. The method and apparatus for making
the film (55) include supplying a continuous web of material, feeding fastener material
from a coil, positioning, cutting, and attaching the fastener (26) to the film (55),
with a plurality of fasteners (26) attached thereon.